Repeatability and reproducibility of choroidal vessel layer measurements in diabetic retinopathy using enhanced depth optical coherence tomography

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2893-2901

  Sim, Dawn A ^a,b   Keane, Pearse A ^a,b   Mehta, Hemal ^a   Fung, Simon ^a   Zarranz Ventura, Javier ^a,c   Fruttiger, Marcus ^b   Patel, Praveen J ^a,b   Egan, Catherine A ^a   Tufail, Adnan ^a,b  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Diabetic retinopathy; Enhanced depth; Optical coherence tomography; Repeatability; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOROID; CHOROID CAPILLARY LAYER; CHOROID VASCULARIZATION; CHOROIDAL VASCULAR LAYER THICKNESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; ENHANCED DEPTH IMAGING OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT REPEATABILITY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINAL THICKNESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOROID; CHOROID DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84876549907     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.12-11085     Document Type: Article

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